Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach - eBook

Name: Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach - eBook
Brand: Random House
SKU: 50626EB
Price: 4.99 USD
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Author: Peter Schickele
ISBN: 9780307769626

By: Peter Schickele

Random House / 2014 / ePub

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Title: Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach - eBook
By: Peter Schickele
Format: DRM Protected ePub
Vendor: Random House

Publication Date: 2014
ISBN: 9780307769626
ISBN-13: 9780307769626
Stock No: WW50626EB

Publisher's Description

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What little-known son of a famous genius has been called:

"A musical blight"

"A one-man plague"

"History's most justifiably neglected composer"

"The worst musician ever to trod organ pedals" "A pimple on the face of music"

In this long-awaited hoax, possibly the most unimportant piece of scholarship in over two thousand years, Professor Peter Schickele has finally succeeded in ripping the veil of obscurity from the most unusual -- to put it kindly -- composer in the history of music: P.D.Q. Bach, the last and unquestionably the least of the great Johann Sebastian Bach's many children.

Author Bio

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Peter Schickele is a composer, musician, and author. He studied at Swarthmore and Julliard. Over the course of his career, he has composed more than 100 works, varying from symphonies to film and television scores. His published works include The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q Bach. He lives with his wife in New York.

Editorial Reviews

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"Absolutely grossing reading...I loved every minutiae of it. I recommend it to all with a bent ear."

-- Pinchas Zukerman

"As with all of Peter Schickele's musical musings, this is superb humor reflecting a boundless knowledge of the world of music."

-- Victor Borge

An "eminently readable and vastly enjoyable book."

-- Isaac Stern

"But how can I explain to outsiders the humor so delicate, the mirth evanescent, the je ne sais quoi of this handsome and hilarious book?"

-- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times